HELP: burner does not burn dvd's anymore

21 Aug 2006 2:21 AM

Sailor

Hello:

I have a strange problem. Suddenly my HP DVD Writer 100 is very sporatic in
burning DVD's (whether authoring or just archiving). It tells me the burn
was successful but when I try to play the disk back anywhere or just read
it from the computer it just doesn't see it. Over the past few years I've
done hundreds of dvd's and have had a great success rate.

First I thought it was a matter of getting a batch of bad disks but I tried
a couple of different brands (one of which was the one I've used for a
couple of years), and I got the same result.

Also, CD's burn fine. Incidentally, it plays DVD's and CD's just fine too.

I haven't changed any settings either.

As I said, it's sporatic. Sometimes burns will be successful, other times
it fails...

Has anyone had a similar problem, or any ideas on wht the problem is? If
it's the burner itself, it's cool. I don't really have an emotional
attachment to the HP burner :-)

Anyway, again... Thanks in advance for any and all help!

Sailor

21 Aug 2006 2:31 AM

Mike Kujbida

Sailor wrote:
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> Hello:
>
> I have a strange problem. Suddenly my HP DVD Writer 100 is very
> sporatic in burning DVD's (whether authoring or just archiving). It
> tells me the burn was successful but when I try to play the disk back
> anywhere or just read it from the computer it just doesn't see it.
> Over the past few years I've done hundreds of dvd's and have had a
> great success rate.
>
> First I thought it was a matter of getting a batch of bad disks but I
> tried a couple of different brands (one of which was the one I've
> used for a couple of years), and I got the same result.
>
> Also, CD's burn fine. Incidentally, it plays DVD's and CD's just
> fine too.
>
> I haven't changed any settings either.
>
> As I said, it's sporatic. Sometimes burns will be successful, other
> times it fails...
>
> Has anyone had a similar problem, or any ideas on wht the problem is?
> If it's the burner itself, it's cool. I don't really have an emotional
> attachment to the HP burner :-)
>
> Anyway, again... Thanks in advance for any and all help!
>
> Sailor

Odds are that the burner is dying. It'll still burn CDs because the laser
output required is not as high as it is for a DVD. And playback demands are
lower as well.

Mike

21 Aug 2006 4:20 AM

Richard Crowley

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"Mike Kujbida" <kujfamNoSpam@xplornet.com> wrote in message
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>
> Sailor wrote:
>> Hello:
>>
>> I have a strange problem. Suddenly my HP DVD Writer 100 is very
>> sporatic in burning DVD's (whether authoring or just archiving). It
>> tells me the burn was successful but when I try to play the disk back
>> anywhere or just read it from the computer it just doesn't see it.
>> Over the past few years I've done hundreds of dvd's and have had a
>> great success rate.
>>
>> First I thought it was a matter of getting a batch of bad disks but I
>> tried a couple of different brands (one of which was the one I've
>> used for a couple of years), and I got the same result.
>>
>> Also, CD's burn fine. Incidentally, it plays DVD's and CD's just
>> fine too.
>>
>> I haven't changed any settings either.
>>
>> As I said, it's sporatic. Sometimes burns will be successful, other
>> times it fails...
>>
>> Has anyone had a similar problem, or any ideas on wht the problem is?
>> If it's the burner itself, it's cool. I don't really have an
>> emotional
>> attachment to the HP burner :-)
>>
>> Anyway, again... Thanks in advance for any and all help!
>>
>> Sailor
>
>
> Odds are that the burner is dying. It'll still burn CDs because the
> laser
> output required is not as high as it is for a DVD. And playback
> demands are
> lower as well.

A brand new drive that will burn anything costs less than
shipping your current one to be repaired. Just replace it
and get on with the more interesting parts of your life.